By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Dec 01, 2011 MIDHURST – Springwater and Simcoe County will square off against Ontario’s Municipal Affairs ministry over Midhurst’s future. Both sides say they are defenders of Ontario’s Places to Grow, which preserves farmland by directing growth to settlement area...

By Ian McInroy Barrie Examiner November 29 2011 SPRINGWATER TWP. — Midhurst area residents crammed into the Midhurst Community Centre Monday night to learn more about how their village’s future could change, if Springwater Township council, developers and the County of Simcoe have their way. Re...

'The Township Council has not yet decided the role/position that will be taken regarding the OMB appeals'Email from Springwater Township November 28 2011Below, and in addition to the FAQ sheet provided at the Public Information Session for the Midhurst Secondary Plan held on November 14th, 2011, are ...

Five are landowners, and the sixth is OntarioAWARE Simcoe November 23 2011In addition to the appeal filed by the Ontario government, the following objections to the Midhurst Secondary Plan are listed on the November 28 Springwater planning committee agenda...

SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP News release November 22, 2011In light of the recent approval of the Midhurst Secondary Plan by the County of Simcoe,  a  Public Information Session regarding the plan was held at the Township of Springwater Administration Centre, on Monday November 14....

Village is to absorb and exceed all Springwater’s projected growth By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe November 18 2011 More than 100 people turned out for an information session on a plan that will make Midhurst larger than Gravenhurst in the short term, and the size of Stratford in 20 years.No one spoke i...

Be sure to attend township’s public meeting on November 14 Letter from Bill French November 8 2011The important thing to remember is that a change in one area of Springwater affects everyone especially where it hurts the most, our tax bill.There are some immediate decisions the County of Simcoe and o...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance Nov 01, 2011 BARRIE – Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) has appealed a plan to make Midhurst boom. The ministry appealed the Midhurst Secondary Plan ¬– which envisions adding 10,000 dwelling units, or 27,000 people to the community over the...

Province states plan is premature and does not conform to existing planning policiesELMVALE – AWARE Simcoe welcomes the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing appeal of the Midhurst Secondary Plan, approved by Simcoe County on October 12....

Province should declare a provincial interest, minister advisedAWARE Simcoe October 28 2011AWARE Simcoe chair Don Morgan yesterday sent a letter to Municipal Affairs Minister Kathleen Wynne, urging her to appeal the Midhurst Secondary Plan to the Ontario Municipal Board. The plan is contrary to the p...